In John Hunter’s classroom, students fearlessly tackle global problems and discover surprising solutions by playing his groundbreaking World Peace Game. These kids—from high school all the way down to fourth grade, in schools both well funded and underresourced—take on the roles of politicians, tribal leaders, diplomats, bankers, and military commanders. Through battles and negotiations, standoffs and summits, they strive to resolve dozens of complex, seemingly intractable real-world challenges, from nuclear proliferation to tribal warfare, financial collapse to climate change.

In World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements, Hunter shares the wisdom he’s gleaned from over thirty years teaching the World Peace Game. Here he reveals the principles of successful collaboration that people of any age can apply anywhere. His students show us how to break through confusion, bounce back from failure, put our knowledge to use, and fulfill our potential. Hunter offers not only a forward-thinking report from the front lines of American education, but also a generous blueprint for a world that bends toward cooperation rather than conflict. In this deeply hopeful audiobook, a visionary educator shows us what the future can be.

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Quotes & Awards

“Readers will feel uplifted by Hunter’s far-reaching
experiment in making students (and us) widen our horizons.”

Barnes & Noble,
editorial review

“Hunter’s optimism is infectious.”

Publishers Weekly

“Inspired, breath-of-fresh-air reading, especially for those
who have ever questioned what the public school system can do for American
children.”

Kirkus Reviews

“This book is a must-read for twenty-first century educators
and leaders.”

Jane McGonigal, author of Reality
Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

“At a time when school systems have completely lost focus on
what really matters, John Hunter reminds us what we should be teaching our
children. His ideas will help anyone who has the courage to understand that a
real education must go beyond filling in circles on a standardized test form.”

About the Author

John Hunter is an
award-winning teacher and educational consultant. Hunter led his first sessions
of the World Peace Game at Richmond Community High School in 1978. Since then,
he has taught the game successfully in a variety of settings, from public
schools in Virginia and Maryland to a session with Norwegian students sponsored
by the European Youth Initiative. He has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival,
Google’s Palo Alto campus, the Pentagon, the United Nations, and elsewhere. His
March 2011 TED talk was greeted with a standing ovation, and Arianna Huffington
and Chris Anderson named it the #1 talk of TED 2011.

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